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Tropical Cyclone Bingiza has made landfall in northeastern Madagascar, and NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites captured visible infrared satellite data of the storm's progression over the weekend, revealing the power behind the storm.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nova Royalty Corporation (NYSE: TTT) ("Terra Nova") announced today that it has chosen to early adopt IFRS and will commence reporting under these standards for the period beginning January 1, 2010.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Terra Nova Royalty Corporation (NYSE: TTT) ("Terra Nova") is pleased to announce the expiry of its offer to acquire all of the class A common shares of Mass Financial Corp.

A unique partnership between NASA and agencies in Africa and Europe has sent more than 30 terabytes of free Earth science satellite data to South African researchers to support sustainable development and environmental applications in Africa.

In many developing countries, the absence of surface-based air pollution sensors makes it difficult, and in some cases impossible, to get even a rough estimate of the abundance of a subcategory of airborne particles that epidemiologists suspect contributes to millions of premature deaths each year.

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